Hemming and cording attachment for sewing-machines.



No.\696.4|7. Patented Apr. l, |902.

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HEMMING AND CURDTNG ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING MACHINES.

' (Application led July 11, 1900.1 (No Model.)

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ALBERT H. DE VOE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HENHVHNGAND CORDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWINGNMACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,417', dated April 1, 1902. Application led July l1, 1900. Serial No. 23,209. (No model.)

T0 all whom. t may concern..-

Be it known that I, ALBERT H. DE V013, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improvements in attachments for sewing-machines, the object of which is to so combine a hemming attachment and a cording attachment as to enable the same to be used conveniently in connection with the same seam.

In the sewing on of a fiounce, either plain or ruffled, in ordinary dressmaking it isusually necessary to sew a number of seams, because it is desirable to sew a bound cord into the seam and turn the latter so as to throw the ilounce out from the other goods. Furthermore, it has been exceedingly difficult, if indeed it has been heretofore possible, to sew on a ruffle of the 'sort herein shown except at the edge of a piece of goods. It is my purpose to provide means whereby the cord may be bound and sewed in and the lounce or ruffle sewed on by a single seam and without preliminary preparation of the hein or other portions thereof.

To such end the invention consists in certain features of novelty below described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan of the complete attachment embodying in their preferred form the essential features of my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation from the front; Fig. 3, a vertical section in line 3 3 of Fig. l; Fig. 4, a horizontal section in line 4 4 of Fig. 8 of a cording device alone. Fig. 5 is a plan of the working portion of the device with the cloth therein; Fig. 6 is a vertical section in line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a similar section in line 7 7of the same ligure. Fig. 8 isa similar section inline S 8 of the same gure. Fig. '9 is also a similar section in line 9 9 of said ligure, and Fig. l0 is a perspective view showing a fiounce or ruffle and bound cord secured upon a piece of cloth.

Referring to the figures,A is a bracket adaptved to be screwed to the bed of a sewing-machine by means of holes to be provided in the latter at the proper places. This bracket extends upward from the bed and has a laterally-projecting arm a, from the outerend of which extends downward a post d', upon the bottom of which is pivoted aswinging arm b by means of a bolt d3, a stud b on the arm and a clamp C upon the. post, provided with a shoulder c, forming an adjustable stop for the swinging arm to limit its motion in one directionnamely, that in which it is pulled by the cloth passing through the attachment. The arm b is formed in two parts h2 b3, secured together by clamping-screws b b5, threaded in one of the parts and working in a slot in the other. This gives a longitudinal adjustment to the arm, making up, together with the angular adjustment afforded by the clamp C, a universal adjustment for the attachment carried by the end of the arm. Said attachment, as here shown, has an ordinary hemmer D, and because of the pivotal connection of the arm with the post the same may be swung toward the operator and away from the needle when desirable for any purpose and maybe returned to the proper position for work by swinging it toward the needle as far as the stop will permit. The bracket A has secured to it a rod E, extending past the henimer and having beyond the same a longitudinally-adjustable sleeve F, provided with a laterally-extending arm f, terminating in a downwardlyextending piece f. To the bottom of this post is pivoted a horizontally-swinging arm G by means of a boltfz, and an angularlyadjustable clamp H, provided with `a shoulder h, secured to the post, and a stud g on the arm form an anglarly-adjustable stop to limit the swing of said arm. Upon the end of the arm is secured a cord and bindingguide J, the end of which is provided with a slot j for the binding and an eyejf* for the cord, the guide being' shaped to fold the binding down upon the cord and the device being so located when swung into the hemmer as to guide the cord and binding beneath the hem, so as to be sewed down by the latter. The free end of the arm Gr has a forwardlyprojecting finger extending therefrom, preferably serrated upon its end and adapted to assist in guiding the cloth to the needle.

The entire attachment is secured to the machine-bed by screws c4 and need not be disturbed for any adjustment of the operat- EOD ing parts. The latter may be adjusted longitudinally of the attachment to bring the seam wherever desired on the hem. Either or both of them may be swung back toward the operator for any purpose, and the cording device may be thus swung to enable the binding and cord to he inserted.

The attachment may be used in connection with a rufier or not, as may be desired.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 9 the cloth is shown, and the finished seam in Fig. 10.

K is the cloth itself, which is here shown as doubled back, so as to sew a ruffle along an intermediate portion thereof. The rule is shown at M, the cord at N, the binding at O. his the under thickness of the cloth as it goes through the hemmer; 7d, the upper. Fig. lO represents the way the rutile hangs on a i skirt` 71;' being the upper portion of the cloth and 7tthe lower portion. In the seam here shown the stitching is snfticiently-far from the edge of the hem on the side of the ruftie to allow the hem to bend down under the weight of the rutile and throw the latter out farther from thev cloth than otherwise. Furthermore, bythe use of the hemmer arranged in the manner shown and described the cord, binding, and ruffle may be sewed along an intermediate portion of the cloth by one operation and in such a mannerthat no stitches are visible on the finished work, Fig. l0.

All of the features of novelty are not necessarily essential to my invention broadly considered, as certain features thereof may be used independently of the others, and I therefore do not limit myself to the specific construction or arrangement except as definitely pointed out in the claims.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a sewing-machine attachment, the combination with a suitable supportingframe, of a hemmer carried by an arm pivoted to said frame to swing horizontally thereon and provided with a stop to limit said horizontal movement, a cooperating attachment adapted to direct material into the hem, and

an arm carrying said cooperating attachment, also pivoted to said frame to swing horizontally toward and away from the hemmer and a stop to limit the horizontal movement of said latter arm; substantially as described.

2. In a sewing-machine attachment, the combination with a suitable supportingframe, of an arm longitudinally adjustable with respect thereto and pivoted to swing horizontally thereon, a hemmer supported on the end of said arm, a second arm also longitudinally adjustable with respect to said frame and pivoted to swing horizontally thereon, stops for limiting the horizontal oscillation of said arms and a suitable attachment upon the end of the second arm adapted to direct material into the hemmer; substantially as described. Y

3. In a sewing-machine attachment, the combination with a suitable frame, of ahemmer carried by an arm pivoted to said frame to swing horizontally thereon, an adjustable stop to limit said horizontal movement, a cooperating attachment adapted to direct material into the hem, an arm carrying said cooperating attachment also pivoted to the frame to swing horizontally toward and away from the hemmer and an adjustable stop to limit the horizontal movement of said latter arm ;y substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this 9th day of July, A. D. 1900.

ALBERT I'I. DE VOE.

Witnesses:

CHAs. O. SHERVEY, S. BLISS. 

